The fact that it was an Indian Bar rather than restaurant intrigued. The interior is indeed bar like with booths rather than tables and chairs and a wooden bar whose Indian personality is revealed by the music, a small shrine and a neon Shiva… […]

The Anaga Mountains: our favourite walking area on Tenerife by a thigh stretching mile. We reckon if you did a Mr T with someone and dropped them in this spot they would never guess in a million years they were on Tenerife. […]

El Rincón de Roberto is one of those places that we immediately warmed to. Fireplace aside, its décor ticks all the right boxes for what you expect in a tasca – rustic, cosily sized, beamed wooden ceiling… […]

One of the things that many people might not know about Tenerife is that General Franco plotted to overthrow the Spanish Republican Government from here, leading to the start of the Spanish Civil War. […]

Visitors who don’t posess a good guide to Santa Cruz and who stick to the port area are probably unlikely to accidentally stumble on Plaza de los Patos as it’s tucked away in the streets inland from Plaza España. […]

A couple of euros buys you a poke of finger-burning sweet, roasted chestnuts and a generous cup of wine that’ll put hair on your chest. Together, with the smell of the sea air thrown in for good measure, it’s a winning combination… […]

In what is ostensibly the equivalent of sticking two fingers up at any pretence of a healthy diet, the vegetable and fruit section of the Al Campo supermarket in La Orotava has been invaded by an aisle filled with boxes upon boxes of turrón. […]